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Eleanor Roosevelt in her final years
Eleanor Roosevelt championing Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II, as Democratic candidate for President, in 1960, in spite of two prior defeats at the polls. She is seen at an intimate gathering speaking with Stevenson and others. After Stevenson fails to gain the nomination, she supports the Democratic candidate, John F. Kennedy (JFK), with whom she is seen. In another scene, Mrs. Roosevelt stands with Kennedy, and Theodore Sorenson, his advisor and speechwriter. She sits with JFK as his political advisers stand behind them. October 31, 1962, Adlai Stevenson is seen informing the public that Mrs. Roosevelt is gravely ill. She dies on November 7, 1962. On November 10th 1962, mourners, including: Laura Delano, Nelson Rockefeller, Adlai Stevenson, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ralph Bunche,Theodore Sorenson, and Robert Wagner are seen walking across a snowy churchyard in Hyde Park,at her funeral. They are followed by Former President, Harry Truman, with wife, Bess and daughter, Margaret. A moment later, President John F. Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy arrive, accompanied by Secret Service Agents. A NY State Trooper salutes as they walk past to enter the chapel. Mourners gather around the bier as clergy officiate for the burial at Springwood, in Hyde Park. Closeup shows President Kennedy, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson, and former President Truman standing together. The eulogy by Adlai Stevenson is heard as a montage of Eleanor Roosevelt images is seen. On April 23, 1963, signs Congressional Act, chartering the Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation. He speaks about it outside the White House.
President John F Kennedy working at the White House, and touring NASA space program facilities in the United States.
Scene of the White House. Various scenes of President John F Kennedy working in his office in the White House in Washington DC. President Kennedy at his desk, and with advisors. President arrives at Cape Canaveral on November 16, 1963 for a tour and to witness a Polaris missile launch. Scenes of John F. Kennedy talking with NASA personnel and watching a rocket launch. Wernher Von Braun is seen with Kennedy. Audio includes Kennedy's statement from 1962 at Rice University when he said "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon, and returning him safely to the earth." President Kennedy views models of spacecraft and listens to NASA engineers. View of President Kennedy at the White House presenting the NASA Distinguished Service Medal to astronaut John Glenn on February 23, 1962, after Glenn's successful Friendship 7 mission. A helicopter carrying President John Kennedy lands on a ship on November 16, 1963. A sailor blows a whistle. President meets officers on the ship and is seen on the bridge. President Kennedy observes the under water launch of a Polaris missile through binoculars. President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson with a Navy officer looking at a system used to operate and launch rockets. Audio overlay includes a speech by Kennedy reflecting on the threat of nuclear war.
Animation depicts astronauts in space capsule and different compartments of spacecraft.
NASA Apollo mission early concept animation from 1962. Spacecraft, separation of space capsule and three astronauts seen in cutaway view of space capsule. Also shows fuel section of spacecraft, Lunar module and various parts of spacecraft.
American fighter jet aircraft take off during Cuban Missile Crisis
United States Air Force North American F-100 Super Sabre supersonic jet fighters take off from an airfield during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. View from cockpit of a fighter jet in flight. Douglas B-66 Destroyer in flight. McDonnell F-101 Voodoo landing on airstrip.
U.S. military on alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. Naval ships at sea. Sailors look at a map. U.S. troops walk out of plane. M-42,self propelled, twin-40mm gun, on field. Jets on airfield. U.S. military on alert during the Cuban Crisis.1962.
C-124 airplane flight during Cuban Missile Crisis
Flight plan on a map shows interception of three missiles. Trucks loaded on to a C-124 Globemaster 2 airplane. C-119. C-133 and C-130 aircraft seen in flight.. C-124 lands on airfield. Aerial view of air force base. Jet fighters parked on the airfield. Events during the Cuban Crisis.1962.